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Re: Goldfinch ID please

The underpart of the tail is definitely a yellowish green and not white.

On Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 05:19:32 PM MDT, Ken Miracle via groups.io <chukar28@…> wrote:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Lesser_Goldfinch/species-compare/63737331


It looks like your lean is correct. The first and easiest ID mark is not as clear in these images and that is the color of the undertail coverts yellow on Lesser and white on American.



On May 31, 2023, at 4:46 PM, rbird1286 via groups.io <ruthanngreene@…> wrote:


I was wondering if someone could tell me if this is a Lesser or an American Goldfinch.  (Photos attached)  Last year I ID’d a Lesser Goldfinch within 1/4 mile of where this one was found in North Meridian.  I’m leaning toward the Lesser because of the color of the bill and the yellow by its cloaca.

Ruthann Greene
North Meridian, ID

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Ken Miracle
chukar28@…
208-570-2780
“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5


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Goldfinch ID

Was wondering if someone could ID this goldfinch. (photos attached)  I was wondering if it is an American or a Lesser.   I have ID’d a male Lesser last year within a 1/4 of a mile from the site where I found this one.   I’m leaning toward Lesser because of the coloration of the bill and the area near the cloaca is light yellow…but then I am far from a good birder.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Ruthann Greene
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Re: Goldfinch ID please

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Lesser_Goldfinch/species-compare/63737331

It looks like your lean is correct. The first and easiest ID mark is not as clear in these images and that is the color of the undertail coverts yellow on Lesser and white on American.

On May 31, 2023, at 4:46 PM, rbird1286 via groups.io <ruthanngreene@…> wrote:


I was wondering if someone could tell me if this is a Lesser or an American Goldfinch.  (Photos attached)  Last year I ID’d a Lesser Goldfinch within 1/4 mile of where this one was found in North Meridian.  I’m leaning toward the Lesser because of the color of the bill and the yellow by its cloaca.

Ruthann Greene
North Meridian, ID

<_DSC7158 copy.jpg><_DSC7159 copy.jpg><_DSC7160 copy.jpg>

Ken Miracle
chukar28@…
208-570-2780
“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5

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